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As considerable sums were necessary for the support 

 of such of the poor as from age or other bodily infirm- 

 ities were unable by their industry to provide for their 

 own subsistence ; and as there were no public funds 

 any way adequate to such an expense, which could be ap- 

 plied to this use, the success of the measure depended 

 entirely upon the voluntary subscriptions of the inhabi- 

 tants ; and, in order to induce these to subscribe liberally, 

 it was necessary to secure their approbation of the plan, 

 and their confidence in those who were chosen to carry 

 it into execution. And as the number of beggars was 

 so great in Munich, and their importunity so very trou- 

 blesome, there could have been no doubt but any sensi- 

 ble plan for remedying this evil would have been gladly 

 received by the public ; but they had been so often 

 disappointed by fruitless attempts from time to time 

 made for that purpose, that they began to think the en- 

 terprise quite impossible, and to consider every proposal 

 for providing for the poor and preventing mendicity as 

 a mere job. 



Aware of this, I took my measures accordingly. To 

 convince the public that the scheme was feasible, I 

 determined first, by a great exertion, to carry it into 

 complete execution, and then to ask them to support it. 

 And, to secure their confidence in those employed in 

 the management of it, persons of the highest rank and 

 most respectable character were chosen to superintend 

 and direct the affairs of the institution ; and every meas- 

 ure was taken that could be devised to prevent abuses. 



Two principal objects were to be attended to, in 

 making these arrangements: the first was to furnish 

 suitable employment to such of the poor as were able to 

 work ; and the second, to provide the necessary assist- 



